Dump Owner Told To Remove Debris

March 23, 1992

CHICAGO — A Cook County judge has ordered that a dumping operation remove 340,000 tons of dirt and gravel over the next 2 1/2 years and cease stockpiling the construction debris in a West Side neighborhood.

Circuit Judge Lester Foreman issued the order Friday at the request of city attorneys who sued the operator, contending he was running an illegal landfill, according to a spokeswoman for the city`s law department.

The ruling, however, will not take effect immediately because Foreman delayed enforcement while lawyers for the operator, John Christopher, appeal.

Christopher has been hauling construction debris to the site at Kostner Avenue and Roosevelt Road for more than a year, and the piles have soared six stories high.